Riverside Meet : St Neots : 8th April

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The weather's brightening up so hopefully some more interesting machinery might be coming out of hibernation this month.

The usual time and place : 10 - 12 (ish) at the Riverside CarPark in St Neots.

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Car+Park,+Sain...

And I WILL be there this time!

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Never mind the sun, I hope it dries up before then.

With the rain we've had the last few days, the flood-plain (including the car park) is starting to do it's job.

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AstonZagato said:

Not looking good today... Rain forecast on 8th.

It's been an epic day in terms of weather. The Regatta Meadow (the park across the main road from where we meet) was full of swans swimming around, and one of the town-houses across the river had a section of the lower garden wall collapse into the swollen river, and sink a moored boat in the process.

Will see how things develop through the week

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globalfish said:

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It's been an epic day in terms of weather. The Regatta Meadow (the park across the main road from where we meet) was full of swans swimming around, and one of the town-houses across the river had a section of the lower garden wall collapse into the swollen river, and sink a moored boat in the process.

Will see how things develop through the week

Wow, sounds pretty wet up there. Hope it'll be dry in the car park/cafe area in time for the meet. Are there any alternative places we could meet if the area is too wet?

The car-park itself is okay at all but the river-most end. I wouldn't expect it to rise any more between now and the weekend. Bear in mind that this is a flood-plain, doing exactly what it's designed for (hence the humped entrance)

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River level has dropped about a foot, and the forecast is looking rather nice for Sunday now.

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It's already lower than that picture suggests. I came by this morning and it was around a foot lower than the edge of the bank, and the flooded grass area was already draining well.

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itcaptainslow said:

If the weather is like it is today that would be just perfect, please!

Tuesday the forecast for Sunday was for rain,
Yesterday it was sun
today it's forecasting 20% chance of rain

Who knows